Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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The Nassau Herald pocket. It was addressed to the New York W01'ld's reporter here. I read it. Gladys Louise Inghram, Weber and Fields chorus girl, claims to have married a Princeton student, wealthy and ath- letic. See N. Y. American for particulars and identify him if possible. He is said to have returned to Princeton to-day. Is I. R. McDonald the Man ? ' Signed, . The New York World. WVell, said jack, that looks bad for me. The reporter was just around trying to get a confession. You see, I just: got back to-day. There is almost no one else in town. I confessed that it did look bad, for there was no doubt about Jack's being a man, or about his being wealthy, althoughy, in common parlance, he would not be called athletic. I had to go just then and left jack brood-ing over his troubles. As I was opening the door he called me back and said in a whisper, Say now, help me keep this thing quiet, I'll give you the straight dope,-I know the girl, but I didn't marry her . I had only gone a few steps outside when I met Dede Rich- ardson beating it toward the All Night Dyspepsia Parlor. Don't Stop me, he said, My conscience hurts me, I have to goand tell jack McDonald that I added the last sentence to that telegram. I2

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pVC1fSflf71gf011,5 Birtlz-day Oration Wilmer Hoffman is not quite so reticent 'with the girls as Tom is. Bill was sitting around Maxim's in New York one night, when a startlingly beautiful cabaret girl came out and began to make night hideous with the strains of Bill's favorite ditty, Billy Bounce Your Baby Doll . Bill fell for her with sickening speed. Every time she came out, his devotion grew stronger, and before they left, he insisted that he wasimadly in love, and did a love-at-Hrst-sight pro- posal act. I-Ie was considerably more disconcerted when the charmer came back with, Cheest, guy, I ain't marrying no mutt what's got a smudge on his lip what a goil can't tell whether it's dirt or a mus-tache . I am really afraid to say anything more about this extra- curriculum activity that keeps us busy on the days of base ball games and dances. I have been both threatened and cajoled. Al Paine took me into the Iigger-Shop last night. I knew there was something- the matter when he did thaf. I-Iis folks are here to-day. Fat Kinnan took me down where we could have a quiet talk together, bought me a couple of pretzels Cat least that's all he said to the waiterj, and then whispered in my ear, Be easy on me Larry, Pa's coming down . Pink Washburn tried to scare me. He looked me straight in the ear and said, Don't you say anything about me, for I'm going to bring a nice old eggv. I told him that I was sorry, but that that was much better than having to come to the show with an old hen. Down at the dance the other night I saw a bunch of girls all eagerly looking at some one across the hall. They seized me, and demanded who that good looking fellow was over there. I asked wlhich one, and they responded in unison, Oh, that fellow that looks like a Greek God . In a minute I had them all hanging around Jack Simon's neck. The day before College opened this term I met Jack McDonald in Joe's catching a bite. He loo-ked worried, so I asked him what was the matter. I'm affraid it will get in the paper, he said, and forthwith drew a telegram from his II

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it vga. -..4 2 III1 lll Wawavrfv ggigxwglv, Q E, N 4 M 2 274 , f ,F 'Willa IVY ORATION By EARL L. DoUGLAss Fellow Clcmsmates and Friends: The word Commencement is usually associated in our mind with the end of things, with the Hnishing up of our Work. Four years ago We entered college, and since that time we have had the minimum of responsibility in order that nothing might hinder us from taking advantage of the maximum of opportunity. Our attitude has necessarily been an irre- sponsible one. We have been shielded from those things which bring the Wealth of experience, and it has been the intention of those who sent us here that we should be so shielded, in order that We might gain those things which would make our experience mean more when once we had acquired it. Now the college course is completed. The days of training are over, and we are ending them with a series of exercises which is called Commencement. I believe that it must be perfectly obvious to us all, that the self sufficiency of .college lizfe has sometimes made us so calloused to the call of the world of action, that we have allowed the true significance of the word Commencement to slip away from us. It is not an end of things, but. as the T3